Wyndham Clark Wins BMW Championship at -17

Wyndham Clark wins BMW Championship the hard way. He started Sunday at Bellerive with a five-shot lead, three-putted the first, bogeyed the 6th and the 10th, and still closed birdie-birdie-birdie for an even-par 70 and a 17-under 263. The PGA Tour board has him three clear of Patrick Cantlay (14 under) and four ahead of Rory McIlroy (13 under). theScore called it his third win of 2026, after the CJ Cup Byron Nelson in May and the U.S. Open in June.

Golf.com had the hole tape. Clark's lead was five at 17 under. McIlroy birdied the 415-yard 1st after Clark three-putted. The gap was three. Clark never posted a number worse than the lead until the 10th, when a greenside bunker tied him with Cantlay at 14 under. Then Cantlay dumped his second in the water on 11. McIlroy made a 9-footer there. For a stretch, Clark and McIlroy were tied at 14 under. That is not a cruise. That is a Sunday.

Wyndham Clark wins BMW Championship: 16, 17, 18

The finish is the story. Golf.com had Clark holing a 16-footer on the 232-yard par-3 16th. McIlroy missed his birdie. One-shot lead, 15 under. On the par-5 17th, McIlroy found two bunkers and bogeyed. Clark made 13 feet. Lead of three, 16 under. On the 468-yard 18th he missed the fairway right, hit it to 17 feet, and made it. 17 under. Even-par 70. 64-64-65-70, 263 strokes. Cantlay finished 67-65-66-68. McIlroy 64-69-65-69.

"As much as I wanted to run away with this, it was fun to get the juices flowing," Clark said on CBS, Golf.com printed. Saturday he had talked about the pit in his stomach when you wake up with five shots. Sunday he needed the last three holes. Wyndham Clark's five-shot 54-hole lead was the preview. The winner article is the 70 that held.

Cantlay's water, Woodland's top, McIlroy's chase

Cantlay co-led for a few minutes. Golf.com had him to 3 feet on 8 and 10, then a tee shot in the right bunker on 11 and a second in the water. Double bogey. He still shot 68 and finished solo second, the PGA Tour board's FedEx Cup column projecting him 19th from 43rd. Inside East Lake. Patrick Cantlay's Saturday T2 at 12 under was the climb. Sunday was the hold.

Gary Woodland was a shot off the lead on 8 after an 8-foot birdie, then cold-topped a drive into the water on 9 for double bogey, Golf.com wrote. He finished T4 at 12 under with Collin Morikawa and Chris Gotterup. McIlroy got to 14 under with Clark, then leaked 17. Four back. The U.S. Open champ does not give those back twice in one season. He did not give this one back either.

Wyndham Clark wins BMW Championship FAQ

Who won the 2026 BMW Championship? Wyndham Clark, at 17-under 263 after an even-par 70, per the PGA Tour official board. Patrick Cantlay was second at 14 under. Rory McIlroy was third at 13 under.

How did Wyndham Clark close at Bellerive? Birdies on 16, 17, and 18, Golf.com reported: 16 feet, 13 feet, then 17 feet after a tee shot in the right rough. He had bogeyed 1, 6, and 10.

How many wins does Wyndham Clark have in 2026? Three, theScore wrote: the CJ Cup Byron Nelson in May, the U.S. Open in June, and the BMW Championship on Sunday.